>boss hp: ???
Boss hp: ???
>boss has no health meter
>no phases or indication of how far along you are
>not even sure if you're dealing damage
>not even sure if you're dealing damage
This one is shit 9 times out of 10, desu.
>boss' health bar is reversed
>boss has got a lot of eye balls
>atk def hp ???
>hp bars have different colors depending on which bar they're on
>boss hp bar goes up to a color not present throughout the rest of the game
>boss name: ???
>Boss and playable MC share the same HP
>Hitting the boss damages them and raises your health AND VICE-VERSA
>fakeout boss who's immediately replaced by a different boss before you can fight them
>you eventually get to fight the fakeout boss for real later on
>boss hp: 3
>boss hp: MAX
>boss technically only has to be hit once
>fight still just as long and difficult as any other fight
>boss is an optional fight that is easily missable
>is a recolor of another story boss that was piss easy
>has the most health out of any boss in the game with multiple health bars of different colors
>can avoid taking excessive damage by sacrificing each head you fight and replace with new ones
>can 1 hit kill you with a single attack regardless of your equipment and level
>boss gets healed from your attacks
>boss has no stats
>not sure if you're supposed to win or lose
>oh this is one of those "you're supposed to lose" boss fights
>it isn't, you're just bad
>oh this is one of those "you're supposed to lose" boss fights
>didn't realize you were supposed to lose until you beat it and complained about it being really tough on the internet later
>boss has a hidden second health bar
>Boss fires two shots
>First one breaks your entire weapon's energy meter from blocking it, second one busts your HP down to 1
Shit myself when it happened in NMH2 vs margaret desu
>it actually is a boss fight you're supposed to lose
>if you lose before you arbitraily deal enough damage for the boss to use their insta-kill move, you get a game over
>it's a boss fight you're supposed to lose
>you never get to actually defeat them
>it's the final boss
>Boss name: Mysterious Man
>game is based on a strict set of rules
>every single fucking enemy, and you, abides by these rules, making the game beatable but hard
>boss ignores rules
>boss' health bar fills back up again after being defeated
>Boss music starts
>The choir kicks in
>boss is just QTEs
>boss music kicks in
>fight boss for a bit
>game suddenly cuts to another character fighting another boss
>Objective: Survive
>boss is actually QT
>boss is actually a forced lose event
>it's a normal boss battle but it's really tough
>even if you manage to last long enough the boss brings out a bullshit attack that makes you lose no matter what
>you use consumables, MP, or other resources to try and kill boss
>don't get them back
>there's another fight soon after
>you don't even get a heal
>never ending bosses with no end in sight
I'm looking at you Nioh submission
>boss fight as time limit
progress has been made, last boss with time limit i had was ff13 with the death curse limiting you to a certain number of turns
>boss can taunt your party members
>boss can't kill you
>boss even provides you with instant res status
>boss can steal your items
>you never get them back unless you steal them back
>boss has multiple healthbars
>boss stop mid fight for a long winded cutscene
>boss phase change means they stop taking damage at an exact HP so phase 2 begins at exactly 15000 HP
>any other damage is nullified until gameplay cutscene completes but you have no way of knowing this
>boss has multiple phase changes and the same shit happens
>game uses layered HP bars of different colors for larger health pools
>boss's hp bar is a color you've never seen before
>hit him
>the color underneath that bar is foreign to you as well
FUCK kid buu.
>boss hp: 0
>still standing
>cutscene shows him beating you.
>one shot boss for max damage
>final cutscene shows you barely beating him
>boss has multiple body parts
>all but one are immune to damage until cutscene plays
>if you didn't figure out and kill that one then the second phase is insanely difficult
>Beat the fuck out of the boss with lasers and magic and mystical swords
>aren't injured at all in the following cutscene and act as if you just had a light sparring match with them
>game is based on a strict set of rules
>every single fucking enemy, and you, abides by these rules, making the game beatable but hard
>boss ignores rules
DIVINITY 2
>OH YOU'RE ENGAGING ME? I HAVE 51 WITS SO I GO FIRST
>ALSO I HAVE 12 AP HOPE YOU DIDN'T GROUP UP BEFORE WANDERING INTO ME OR IM AOEING YOUR ENTIRE PARTY
>EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T SOMEONE IS STILL DYING LMAO
thank fuck some of these bosses can be omega-cheesed in multiplayer, fuck atera in particular
>final boss is a little girl
>not only does this come mostly out of nowhere, but they're the only child character in the game
>boss have 99 HP bars
>boss has a full bar and a litttle nugget
>bring him to zero
>the nugget was another healthbar